Elliott's Career-Low Round Highlights Day One of Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic

Sunday, February 24

Osprey Point/Oak Point Golf Clubs, Kiawah Island, S.C.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

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Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic

2/24/2019 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

Kiawah Island, S.C. – Kathryn Elliott recorded a career-low round on Sunday and tied with Pan Paksanont for the lowest score of the day as the USC Upstate women's golf team opened play at the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic from the par 72, 5964-yard Osprey Point Golf Club.

USC Upstate currently sits in 16^th place out of 49 teams after shooting an opening round 301.

Coastal Carolina leads the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic by two strokes over Delaware at 2-under par 286. Lehigh's Reagan Jahn sits atop the individual leaderboard by one stroke at 4-under 68.

A LOOK AT THE SCORECARD

A total of six strokes separates the Spartans from Jacksonville State and Western Carolina who are currently tied for 10^th place.
Elliott's first round 73 breaks her previous career-low round of 78 carded during the second round of the Terrier Intercollegiate.
Elliott and Paksanont, who also contributed an opening round 73, lead USC Upstate individually in a tie for 36^th place at 1-over par.
Brooke Hutto sits tied for 73^rd place at 3-over 75.
Anna Chanthaphaeng (80) and Beem Pabsimma (84) round out the individual leaderboard for the Spartans. Chanthaphaeng is tied for 163^rd place while Pabsimma currently sits tied for 207^th position.
USC Upstate is currently tied for second among the tournament field in par 3 scoring at 2-over with a 3.10 stroke average.
The Spartans also compiled a 4.34 stroke average in par 4 scoring, 5.30 stroke average in par 5 scoring and 48 pars.
USC Upstate is tied for sixth place with 13 birdies.
Hutto currently sits in a tie for first place in par 3 scoring at 1-under par and a 2.75 stroke average.
Hutto also leads the team in par 5 scoring (-1, 4.75 stroke average) and is tied with Elliott for the team-lead in birdies (4).
Elliott is tied for third at the tournament in par 4 scoring at 2-under with a 3.80 stroke average.
Paksanont has a team-leading even-par, 5.00 stroke average in par 5 scoring and 13 pars.
Paksanont and Pabsimma have each collected two birdies while Chanthaphaeng adds one.

TEAM LEADERBOARD

1^st Coastal Carolina 286
2^nd Delaware 288
T-3^rd Tulsa 290
T-3^rd Stetson 290
T-5^th South Florida 291
T-5^th College of Charleston (B) 291
T-7^th North Florida 293
T-7^th Youngstown State 293
9^th UNC Greensboro 294
T-10^th Jacksonville State 295
T-10^th Western Carolina 295
T-12^th College of Charleston 296
T-12^th High Point 296
14^th Bethune-Cookman 298
15^th Quinnipiac 299
16^th USC Upstate 301
17^th SCAD-Savannah 302
T-18^th Navy 303
T-18^th Elon 303
T-20^th Boston 304
T-20^th Georgia Southern 304
T-22^nd Wyoming 305
T-22^nd Wyoming 305
T-24^th Lipscomb 306
T-24^th Charleston Southern 306
T-24^th Lehigh 306
27^th UNC Asheville 307
28^th Murray State 308
T-29^th Presbyterian 309
T-29^th Omaha 309
T-29^th Richmond 309
T-29^th UT Arlington 309
33^rd Tennessee Tech 310
T-34^th Fairleigh Dickinson 311
T-34^th South Dakota 311
T-36^th IUPUI 313
T-36^th Butler 313
38^th Indiana State 315
T-39^th Towson 320
T-39^th Longwood 320
41^st Sacred Heart 322
42^nd Bucknell 323
43^rd Dayton 326
44^th William & Mary 328
45^th North Alabama 333
46^th Hofstra 343
47^th Fairfield 344
48^th Hampton 347
49^th Monmouth 362

USC UPSTATE PARTICIPANTS

T-36^th Pan Paksanont 73
T-36^th Kathryn Elliott 73
T-73^rd Brooke Hutto 75
T-163^rd Anna Chanthaphaeng 80
T-207^th Beem Pabsimma 84

UP NEXT

The second round of the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Spring Classic will tee off at 8:30 a.m. on Monday morning. The Spartans are teeing off on the par 72, 5941-yard Oak Point Golf Club.

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